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Show ‘~ T-Of t/Jchncr of the Cir/11h: and Hand. 7d T 7 Book ill. ed witha double fur-race, in their upper region with a Convexe, and in their lower witha Concave ', and both above where they being conjoyned to the Bone oi‘the Cubite, and below to the Metacztrpium, are linooth, and inCrulied with (Iartilagcs 3 and are allb encompalled with grilles Where they are coarticnlated in Heads and Sinus with each other, Eight in numb"; Nature hath framed two ranks of Bones, making the \Vl‘lfl‘, by Which .- the Firlh is conjoyned to the Karlim, and the Second to the Metizz‘arpiiim, and the PM} Bone of the Thumb. The Firll, Second and Third Bout.- ofthc higher rowe of Bones7 are To clofely united to each other, that they ice-mm conltitutc but one broad Bone, and are in part received into the Simir ol‘the Rim/m, making a joynt in the lower region of the Cubite. The l'irlt and Second Bone olithe Carpur are repol‘ed in a Sinur7 engraven in the Appendix nithe CJlrur. The lhitil Bone. The Fourth lhne ol'tlic upper tone. of the (Pvt/i111, and the Third doth relt upon a Cartilage, taking its in} from the Radius", and doth partly difiinguilli the ‘Ulmz from the Carp/n, quifite to a manifel'c motion, after a different manner, from the Bone Of'the (arpnr, articulated with each other, per madam Harmafiidf, there being no occalionol‘any great motion in this Articulation 3 and after the fame mannerthe Bones of the lower rank ofthe Wrill: are connected to the Bones of the MthdI‘Pmm5 the Mctatarpz'um adjoyning to the firll: Bone of the firl‘t Finger is a great part articulated with the Sixth Bone of the Wrifi. ' The Sixth Bone of the Carpur is conjoyned to Two Bones of the Metatarpium, rain. To that which adjoyneth to the Fhit, and obfcurely to the middle Finger, and the two other Bones of the Metatarpium (which fupporc the Third and Fourth Finger) are coarticulated with the Eighth Bone in {hallow Cavities; and this Bone is connected in Two Bones oFthe Metatarpinm to that which is near the Firlt Finger, and oblEurely to that Bone which adjdyn. eth to the middle Finger; and the Sixth Bone of the Carpet is alfo connected to Three Bones, and receives the Firfl Bone into its Sinai, and farther infinuates its Head into the Sinm of the Fifth Bone, and is fiiperficially articula- The Fourth Bone ofthe upper rowe of the WriPt doth not lean upon the "lug, but in its upper region doth receive that part of the Ligament (be- mitted into aSz'mtr common to the Firfi and Second Bone; and in its infide,is led the dbduélur of. the little Finger. And this being proper to the Fourth Bone, is conjoyned only to one Bone of the VVrilt, and is lcfs protuberant, and hollowed then the tell, as being the leafi of the Bones. The Firl't Bone ofthcupper rank of the VVrifl: is articulated with the R41 dim, and conioyncd to the Second Bone, as it infiuates its large Head into the Sim; oi. the Second Bone 5 and with another more large Head (comingy tat 1:, mini- tulartd nith the 19hr". from its lower region ) enters into acommon Simu, engraver] into the Filth and Sixth Bone ofthe VVrill; ' The Cow redo it n: (h: lilll» lion. And the Firl‘t Bone is not only adorned with diverle Heads, but With a large Siimr too, by which it is conjoyned to the head of the Seventh Bone, and to the Second, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh. The Second Bone is connected to the FirFt Bone, and to the Seventh,- and tothe Third, with a great plane liirface; To that the Second Boncis conioyned to the lover rtgion oi‘the Radius, and to the FirftJ Third, and Seventh of the "hill, and .id'ioyneth to the Eighth Bone. The Third Bone oi the \VrilT, or Curlew, is not only articulated with the Fourth, but enters into the SiIIIlI oFthe Eighth Bone, with a large Head; find the Iiill. 1239 Firll Bone is conjoyned per madam Art/zodiawhich is a loofe Articulation re. red with the Fifth Bone. The Seventh Bone of the Carpur is endued with a large Head, which is ad- Appendix, relating to the Ill/m : And into the upper region of the Fourth Bone ofthe CLIV‘DHJ‘ is inferred aTendonofa Mufcle7 called the inferiorFlexor ol‘the VVi'ifi ; and our ofthelower part oithisBone arifeth a Mufcle, fly- iourlh and li uhth Bone Li the Wrill. Ufthe ‘Bom‘r of my (Macadam. and the outlide of the Third Bone, doth touch the acute Procels of the Appendix of. the Illa/it, when the Head is moved outward. longing to this Joyut) which talteth its Origen from the acute ProceTs ofthc The artitulationoi'ihc l-ull lieu; of the nppLi' 1min. *\ branes and Cartilages, by which they are mutually allixed g‘and being line. ly Tet together (as adapted to each other with curious Artihce) are adorn it is farther confpicuous uponDilleétion, that this Bone is conjoyned to the ‘Ufmz by a peculiar Cartilage, and to the Second7 Fourth, and Eighth 130‘" ol the Corpus. _ The Filth Bone 013 the "hill in its upper region doth receive the Head OI the Full: Bone into its Sim", and being hollowed in its outlids, dOth entertain the Head of the firFt Bone into its bofome. The Fifth Bone ofthe Carpur < being the FirFt ofthc Second tanlt of Bouts) receireth the [lead of the Firll Bone into its Simu, engrave-n into its UPPer part, and being Concave into its outfide, doth admit the Head of the Sixth Bone; and in its lower region is endued with a large oblong Still/f, "limb '3 "Elwin alto in its inward and outward region, to which Iii-‘3 "Fad Ohill: rr conjoyned to the Sixth Bone, and in its outfide to the Eighth, in a broad articulation made with a flattilh Head, anda {liallow Show; and this articu- The Connex- ion of ihe Sixth Bone of the Writ? with Two of thc Murmaim. The Seventh Bone of the Wrill is arti- culated with the Firll, Sr.cond, Sixth, and Eighth lation is {ti-engthened in Tome part,vby the interpofition of a cartilaginous Ligament, which though it f'trongly ties the Seventh to the Eighth Bone, yet is more commonly luxated inwardly, then any other Bone of the Carp/M; which is occalioned, by teafon ofits greatiicfi, and cannot fo firongly oppofe outward aflliults, as the neighbouring tifones, which have their Heads entring into more deep Simu, and by reafon the Ligament (tying in the infide the Seventh to the neighbouring Bones) is not to thick and firong as thole of the other Bones of the Wril't, which is Wifily infiituted by Nature, left the over thicknels ofthe (aid Ligament, lhould hinder the pafl‘age of the many Ten' dons of Mufcles, called Flcxors, coming from the infide of the Cubite, and this Bone is conjoyned to Four Bones of the Wril'r, to the Second, Sixth, Eighth, and to the Bone adjoyning to the middle Finger. The Eighth Bone of the Carpur ( as szalinr hath well obferved) infinuatesit {elf after the manner of a Wedge, between the Seventh and Third Bone, to both which the Eighth is conjoyned , and is articulated with tWo Bones of the Metatarpium, which adjoyn to the Third and Fourth Finger; and the Eighth Bone hath a peculiar Procefs in its infide ( where it looks toward the palme of the Hand ) inclining From the outlide oFthe Eighth Bone mwardly. and engraven in the infide, after the manner ofa C,To that it makes afit feat for the Tcndons of the Flexors of the joynts of the Fingers, and our of the joints of the Mufcles of the Eighth and Fifth Bone of the Carpzu, altrong Ligament is pmpagated, which being tranfverfly encircled with Tendons, keep them thattliey cannot {tart out of their proper places. This feat olthe Tendons of Mufcles is rendred hollow, and though lined with Liga- mmts, yet is fmooth, as well as the other Sinur, through which the Tendonsare conveyed, as through Rings 3 and when thefe Ligaments are pulled out ofthe Sinm‘, and the Bones freed from them, they are found endued with Ali'CIities, that the Ligaments might be more firong, and more firmly affix(‘dtnthc Bones1 that the Bones of the Carpur and Metamrpium might be "1011‘ firmly conjoyued to each other. 0 t4. Thaé Bone. The Eighth Bone ot the Wrill is con- joyncd to the Second, and Third, Bones, and to Two Bones ofthe flfmuryium. |
